1. Entry fees:Open - $7.50 per story, to be paid by cheque or money order onlyYoung Writers Awards – no entry fee2. Work to be original, unpublished, not received an award in another competition and not under consideration elsewhere from the time of entry in these awards until the official announcement of winners.3. Limit of three stories per author. Individual stories cannot be entered in more than one section4. Entries to be typewritten, double-spaced on one side only of A4 white paper, with pages numbered, a wide left-hand margin, and story title on each page. A good photocopy is acceptable. Post in an A4 size envelope.5. To ensure anonymity NO WRITERS’ NAMES TO APPEAR ON MANUSCRIPT (MS). Please attach a COVER SHEET with name of story, word count, section entered, and age if Young Writer6. On a SEPARATE SHEET please attach form below7. MSs will only be returned if adequately stamped self-addressed envelope (SSAE) of sufficient size is included. Other manuscripts will be destroyed after the competition, so keep a copy of your work.8. Include a business-sized SSAE if you would like only a results sheet9. Award winners will be notified by phone or mail prior to announcement, when those able to attend will be invited to read excerpts from their stories10. Members of the KSP Foundation Management Committee are not allowed to enter11. The judges’ decisions are final, and no correspondence will be entered into12. The KSP Foundation Inc. reserves the right to publish the winning entry or entries in a publication related to KSP should the opportunity occur, in consultation with the author

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Would you believe he came out wellHe had a bright inquiring mindHis family knew that he'd go farIf he applied his timeBut he started out standing on cornersAnd talking out loud, too loudYou see he couldn't believe in himself or the worldOr anything he heard

Madness, Johnny The Horse

The Bio Bit

Author of Magrit, (Walker Books), The Corpse-Rat King and Marching Dead (Angry Robot Books) as well as the collection Through Soft Air (2006) and more than 70 stories hither, thither and yon, with publications in Australia, the US, and Europe.He lives in Western Australia with his wife, writer Lyn Battersby, a brood of kids, and a niggling sense of doom.